Olympiacos Men's Volleyball (, ), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos SFP, is the men's professional

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department of the major

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, Olympiacos SFP, based in

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. The department was founded in 1926 and their home ground is the Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall in Agios Ioannis Rentis, Piraeus. Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek volleyball history, having won 32 Greek Volley League titles, 19

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, 7 League Cups, all national records, and 3 Super Cups. They are the only volleyball team in Greece to have won a European title, having actually won 3 European titles, 2

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s in 1996 and 2005 and 1

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in 2023. Olympiacos is a historic dominant force in European volleyball, having played in 8 European finals in all three main CEV competitions: 2 times runners-up in the

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in 1992 and 2002 (with 7 CEV Champions League final four participations), 2 times winners (1996, 2005) and 2 times runners-up (1997, 1998) in the

, one time winners (2023) and one time runners-up (2018) in the

. Domestically, Olympiacos holds the record for the most consecutive championships won, with eight in a row (1987–1994), and for winning seven championships undefeated (1968, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1991, 2018). Internationally, their most successful period was between 1992 and 2005, when they came to be included amongst the top volleyball powers in Europe. During this period, apart from their two European trophies, they progressed to eleven final fours in total, seven of them consecutive between 1992 and 1998 (the first four in the CEV Champions League and the next three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup); they also won a fourth place in the CEV Super Cup and a third in the

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. Olympiacos came to European prominence again by playing in the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup final; at the same time, the women's department won their respective

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. In this way, Olympiacos became the first volleyball club that had men and women playing simultaneously in European finals, and one of the very few to have won European trophies in both departments. In 2023, they won the

, beating rivals Panathinaikos in the semi-finals and

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in the final. Given the fact that Olympiacos is the most popular sports club in Greece, the men's volleyball department also receives great home support. Apart from some top Greek players such as Marios Giourdas, Giorgos Ntrakovits, Sakis Moustakidis, Vasilis Kournetas, Antonis Tsakiropoulos, Kostas Christofidelis,

Mitar Tzourits Mitar Djuric (, sr-Cyrl, Митар Дурић; born ) or Dimitris Tzourits is a Serbian-Greek male volleyball player. He competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with Trentino Volley. Sporting achievements Clubs FIVB ...

, Olympiacos has also attracted over the years some foreign world-class players including

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an 20 ...

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, Jeff Stork, Marcos Milinkovic, Bengt Gustafsson, Raimonds Vilde, Vasa Mijić, Tom Hoff, Goran Vujević,

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, Osvaldo Hernández, Fabian Drzyzga and Dragan Travica.

Honours

Continental Competitions

''Runners-up (2): 1991−92, 2001−02'' ** Bronze_medal_europe

''3th place (2): 1992–93, 1994–95'' ** ''4th place (3): 1981–82, 1993–94, 2000–01'' * Shield of the European Union

Winners (2): 1995−96, 2004−05 ** Silver_medal_europe

''Runners-up (2): 1996−97, 1997−98'' ** ''Semifinals (1): 2018–19'' * Shield of the European Union

Winners (1): 2022–23 ** Silver_medal_europe

''Runners-up (1): 2017–18'' * Shield of the European Union

CEV Super Cup ** ''4th place (1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Worldwide Competitions

FIVB Club World Championship ** Bronze medal world centered-2

''3th place (1):

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Domestic competitions

* Greek League : Winners (32) (record): 1967−68, 1968−69, 1973−74, 1975−76, 1977−78, 1978−79, 1979−80, 1980−81, 1982−83, 1986−87( Stella 10 Scudetti

), 1987−88, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1990−91, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99( Stella 10 Scudetti

), 1999−00, 2000−01, 2002−03, 2008−09, 2009−10, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2020−21( Stella 10 Scudetti

) , 2022−23, 2023−24 * Roundel of Greece

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Winners (18) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2023−24, 2024−25 * Roundel of Greece

"Melina Merkouri" Cup Gold medal with cup

Winners (1) (record): 1993−94* * Roundel of Greece

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Winners (7) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2024–25 * Flag of Greece

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Winners (3): 2000, 2010, 2024 Note:
• In 1994, the

was cancelled and a final 4 tournament was held in memory of Melina Merkouri. The international players were absent due to the 1994 World Championship. In the final Olympiacos Piraeus defeated

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3–0 to win the title.

Individual club awards

* Double ** Winners (15) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2023−24

International record

The road to 3 CEV European titles

The road to 2
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s victories

1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory

2005 CEV Top Teams Cup victory

The road to the
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victory

2023 CEV Challenge Cup victory

Supporters

Olympiacos fans are renowned for their passionate and fervent support to the team, with the atmosphere at home matches regarded as extremely intense and intimidating to such an extent that is rarely seen in volleyball matches. In the decade of the 1900s and the early 2000s, Olympiacos was among the top powers in European volleyball (7 consecutive European Final Four participations, four in the CEV Champions League –1992, 1993, 1994, 1995– and three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup –1996, 1997, 1998–, winners of the

CEV Cup Winners' Cup, twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League in

and

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, twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, third place in the world in the

in 1992 and fourth place in the

CEV European Super Cup) and one of the best supported volleyball teams in Europe. In the 1992 CEV Champions League Final Four in

, an estimated 20,000 Olympiacos fans crowded the

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for the semi-final against

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and 20,000 more for the final against il Messaggero Ravenna. Volleyball legend

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, Hall of Famer and three times Olympic gold medalist, a key member of il Messaggero Ravenna at the time, talked about the 1992 CEV Champions League Final in a 2018 interview: "''That particular CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus was really a very special experience. Even now as we speak, the first thing that comes to my mind was the unbelievable atmposhere that we all lived in that volleyball game in Athens 26 years ago. In that day I cherished the Greek supporters and the passion of Olympiacos fans for volleyball. It was something unique."'' In the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup Final Four which was held again in Piraeus and the Peace and Friendship Stadium, an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 Olympiacos fans filed into SEF and created the most intense atmosphere, pushing the team to their first ever European title against the

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side Bayer Wuppertal, after a hard-fought 3–2 win. After the victory, hundreds of ecstatic Olympiacos fans stormed the court and celebrated the title with the players. Olympiacos hosted the Final Four of the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2005 and Olympiacos supporters relived some of the 1990s moments. 15,000 fans packed the Peace and Friendship Stadium and provided once again an electric atmosphere, helping Olympiacos to win their second European title, after a 3–0 win against the Dutch side Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam in the final. In 2018 Peace and Friendship Stadium lived once again some of its timeless glory, as an estimated 12,000 Olympiacos fans created an extraordinary atmosphere in the final of the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup against Bunge Ravenna. Ravenna's

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n star Paul Buchegger talked about the atmosphere in the post-game interview: "''The atmosphere, the fans were really great. It was a "red hell", when I entered the court I had

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. I have never played in front of such a big crowd."'' On 15 March 2023, 13,000 Olympiacos fans created an amazing atmosphere in a fully packed Peace and Frienship Stadium, as they helped Olympiacos win the 2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup, their third European title, after beating

3–0 in the second leg of the finals.

Notable players

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Aleksandar Atanasijević Aleksandar Atanasijević ( sr-cyrl, Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (Lon ...

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File:Dragan Travica3.JPG, Dragan Travica File:Salvador Hidalgo Oliva.jpg, Salvador Hidalgo Oliva File:Tom Hoff 2008.jpg, Tom Hoff File:Fabian Drzyzga 2014 01.jpg, Fabian Drzyzga File:Goran Vujević.JPG, Goran Vujević * Michalis Alexandropoulos * Kaloudis Alexoudis * Sotiris Amarianakis * Andreas Andreadis * Christos Angelidis * Apostolos Armenakis * Theodoros Bozidis * Akis Chatziantoniou * Dimitris Chorianos * Kostas Christofidelis * Anestis Dalakouras * Theologos Daridis * Giorgos Dermatis * Christos Dimitrakopoulos * Iraklis Doriadis * Giorgos Dragovits *- Mitar Đurić * Giannis Fakas *- Dima Filippov * Andreas Frangos * Vasilis Galakos * Marios Giourdas * Dimitrios Gkaras * Kostas Goudakos *- Konrad Guzda * Makis Kanellos * Theoklitos Karipidis * Dimitris Kazazis * Menelaos Kokkinakis * Tasos Koublis * Rafail Koumentakis * Kostas Kourbetis * Vasilis Kournetas * Pavlos Kouzounis * Chrysanthos Kyriazis * Giannis Laios * Dimosthenis Linardos * Andreas Lorandos * Giorgos Lykoudis * Thanos Maroulis * Thanasis Michalopoulos * Avgoustinos Michalos * Dimitris Mitropoulos * Sakis Moustakidis * Kyriakos Pantelias * Achilleas Papadimitriou * Giorgos Papazoglou * Panagiotis Pelekoudas * Giorgos Petreas * Stefanos Polyzos * Stelios Prosalikas * Kostas Prousalis * Giannis Roumeliotakis * Nikos Roumeliotis * Nikos Smaragdis * Dimitris Soultanopoulos * Giorgos Stefanou * Kostas Stivachtis * Giannis Takouridis * Kostas Tambouratzis * Lefteris Terzakis * Andreas Theodoridis * Michalis Triantafyllidis * Antonis Tsakiropoulos * Paraskevas Tselios * Sotiris Tsergas * Dimitris Tziavras * Manos Xenakis * Vasilis Xerovasilas * Nikos Zoupanis * Jorge Elgueta *

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*- Marcos Milinkovic *

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* Leonardo Caldeira * Athos Ferreira Costa * Paulino Dirceu * Luiz Felipe Fonteles * Todor Aleksiev * Krasimir Gaydarski * Ivaylo Gavrilov * Nikolay Jeliazkov * Plamen Konstantinov * Lyudmil Naydenov * Dimo Tonev * Hristo Tsvetanov * Boyan Yordanov * Andrey Zhekov * Justin Duff *- Jason Haldane * Gavin Schmitt * Liberman Agámez * Tomislav Čošković * Rolando Despaigne * Osvaldo Hernández * Salvador Hidalgo Oliva * Rodolfo Sánchez * Janne Heikkinen * Olli Kunnari * Mikko Oivanen * Eemi Tervaportti * Renaud Herpe * Marcus Böhme * Christian Fromm * Christian Pampel * Simon Tischer *

* Paolo Merlo * Dragan Travica * Hermans Egleskalns * Raimonds Vilde * Božidar Ćuk *

* Wytze Kooistra * Jeroen Rauwerdink * Fabian Drzyzga * Leszek Urbanowicz * José Rivera *

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* Dejan Bojović * Slobodan Boškan * Dejan Brđović *

Konstantin Čupković Konstantin Čupković ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Чупковић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team, Serbia national team. At the professional clu ...

*- Milan Jurišić *- Milan Marković * Vasa Mijić *

* Aleksandar Okolic * Veljko Petković *- Goran Vujević * František Ogurčák * Alen Pajenk * Tonček Štern * Tine Urnaut * Bengt Gustafson *

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* Oleksiy Gatin * Igor Popov *

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* Scott Fortune * Tom Hoff * Jayson Jablonsky * Reid Priddy *

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* Jeff Stork * Donald Suxho * Ernardo Gómez * Iván Márquez * Andy Rojas File:25 PLS12-maxi.jpg, Janne Heikkinen File:Mitar Đurić.jpg, Mitar Đurić File:Пламен Константинов.jpg, Plamen Konstantinov File:BoyanYordanov.JPG, Boyan Yordanov File:Osvaldo Hernández.jpg, Osvaldo Hernández File:Alen Pajenk3.JPG, Alen Pajenk File:Todor Aleksiev.JPG, Todor Aleksiev File:Kunnari Olli.JPG, Olli Kunnari

Notable coaches

* Kostas Ampelas * Kyriakos Pantelias * Dimitar Zahariev * Giannis Laios * Vladimir Kondra * Gian Paolo Montali * Zoran Gajić * Daniele Ricci * Ljubomir Travica * Claudio Cuello * Anders Kristiansson * Giannis Kalmazidis * Dimitris Kazazis * Roberto Piazza * Slobodan Boškan * Fernando Muñoz Benitez * Alberto Giuliani * Daniel Castellani *

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Season 2024–2025 squad

Notes

1: Since January
2: Since November

Technical and managerial staff

Captains

* Michalis Triantafyllidis (1989–1994) * Sakis Moustakidis (1994–1996) * Giorgos Dragovits (1996–2001) * Marios Giourdas (2001–2003) * Antonis Tsakiropoulos (2003–2007) * Vasilis Kournetas (2007–2009) * Dimitris Soultanopoulos (2009–2010) * Andreas Andreadis (2010–2012) * Kostas Christofidelis (2012–2015) * Menelaos Kokkinakis (2015–2017) * Kostas Christofidelis (2017–2019) * Giorgos Petreas (2019–2020) * Kostas Stivachtis (2020–2022) * Dragan Travica (2022–present)

Historical performance in Volleyleague

Stats

Positions

Kit manufacturer

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.

References

External links

Olympiacos SFP Official Website
www.olympiacossfp.gr
Olympiacos SFP Official Website – Men's Volleyball
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